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2023 Highliner, Jimmy Hull. Commercial fisherman, captain, and small business owner in Florida.

2023 Highliners at a glance: Jimmy Hull

In spring 2023 Blue Harvest Fisheries of New Bedford, Mass., said it planned to build two new groundfish vessels, similar to its 90-foot flagship Nobska built in 2019. Blue Harvest photo.

Blue Harvest files for bankruptcy, appears headed for liquidation

Boats converging on lower Manhattan to rescue thousands on September 11, 2001. New York City Police Department photo.

Calling All Boats: Honoring the 22nd Anniversary of 9/11

Seafood and Gender Equality logo

Packard Foundation awards $350,000 to promote gender equality in seafood

Officials at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration say "the National Seafood Strategy outlines NOAA Fisheries’ direction for supporting a thriving domestic U.S. seafood economy." NOAA photo/Jay Fleming.

NOAA ‘National Seafood Strategy’ looks to climate change, aquaculture, fair trade

Does your crew have what it takes in Seattle?

2022 Pacific Marine Expo images.

Top 5 Reasons why you need to attend the 2023 Edition of Pacific Marine Expo

Da Yang Seafood's processing plant on Pier 2 in Astoria, Ore. Port of Astoria photo.

Oregon seafood processors, fishermen protest state wastewater permit

2023 NF Highliner, Maggie Raymond. Maggie is a retired commercial groundfisherman in the Gulf of Maine.

2023 Highliners at a glance: Maggie Raymond

A shrimp boat at Brunswick, Ga. Georgia Department of Natural Resources.

U.S. shrimping communities seek disaster declaration over low prices